09-02-2017, 05:27 PM
Clownpiece stood just a few steps behind Yuuka, hanging back politely while the adults did the talking. That was usually what she was supposed to do when important matters were up in the air. It would be wrong to say it was something she was content to do, but at least she was willing to put in a bit off effort. Just a bit. Of course, being the fairy that she was, that uncharacteristic bout of patience lasted barely through the doctor’s denial before she stepped forward. His unsatisfying answer, that this was outside of his area of expertise, irked the small fairy, and she wasn’t just going to let it go without saying something.
“You’re a doctor, aren’t you? Isn’t there something you can do?” The brightly clad child piped up, and accusatory tone in her voice. She stepped up close to the doctor’s table, planting her hands on the edge and raising herself just a few inches taller. Not enough to bring her eye to eye with the medicine man, or really anyone, but at least enough to catch his attention.
“Er... l-like I said,” he tripped over his words, trying to keep both pushy primes appeased while he denied them. “I only have... experience... w-with humans. Besides...” he cast a nervous glance down to the fairy lying unconscious on his table. “This isn’t uh, like an...” his gaze lifted back up to meet Clownpiece’s as he searched for the word to use. “Illness, or anything. I-it looks more like she’s very... injured.... The most I could do is... set any broken bones she may have. Otherwisssssse,” he hung up on that word for a second. “We’d mostly be waiting for her body to heal naturally. If she were human....” The doctor cast another glance down to her, lifting one arm towards her hesitantly. As if he wanted to check out how far the injuries went, but was too afraid of breaking her more. After a moment, he simply gave up, resting it on the table and leaning against it. “If she were human, I would probably tell you that her chances of uh...-” Sensing where that sentence was leading, Yuuka cut him with an intense gaze. “Er...” he coughed nervously. “S-She’s not... human though. I couldn’t tell you how long it’d take her to heal naturally.”
“So you can’t do anything, then?” Clownpiece said with a frown.
“No, I-I can’t do anything on my own,” he hesitantly admitted, quickly leaning into the follow-up. “But... Are you uh... are you two primes?”
“I am,” the hell fairy answered without hesitation, staring intently at the doctor.
“Thennn... you should be able to do something....” he said. “Primes, they uh... they can make things with omnilium.... Or they can fix things, or people.”
“They can?” Clownpiece cocked her head to the side.
“Yeah.... Just find yourself a place to... hole up. You should be able to have her patched up right as rain in a few hours....” Another quick glance down. “Or days....”
“Okay...” she pursed her lips, staring him down with an unsatisfied expression. “Do you at least have a room here I could use?”
“Oh um... No...?” The doctor almost seemed unsure of his own answer. “Er... I-If someone were to fall ill then I’d need a place to... keep them over...night. P-plus the illness could spread and that’s the last thing that she’d need in her state and all-in-all it’s best if you find your own place to uh... settle down.” Once his long-winded ramble was finished, he took in a deep breath, and simply stared anxiously at Clownpiece, who still held the same unconvinced expression. She opened her mouth to respond, but before she could get anything out, Yuuka stopped her, gently setting a hand on her shoulder.
“Well I suppose nothing can be done about that,” the flower youkai said in a cool, even tone, stepping forward and scooping the unconscious fairy off the table.
“But-” Clownpiece began to protest, turning to face her.
“You heard the doctor,” she said more forcefully, casually strolling towards the exit without a wasted moment. “There’s nothing he can do.” She emphasized every single word in that parting sentence, voice laced with a subtle venom.
“Hmm... fine...” The hell fairy responded, dissatisfied, and followed after her.
---
“So I’m just supposed to hole myself up until she’s better?” The short silence that had fallen between the two after their escape from the doctor’s was finally broken by Clownpiece. A dense, temperate forest passed by beneath them as they slowly flew away from the village, matching the fastest pace Yuuka could manage. Various deciduous trees, and even a few coniferous blended together in a vague, green mash.
“Seems like it,” her green-haired friend answered simply.
“That’s stupid,” the fairy complained childishly, turning herself over in the air to face the flower youkai, but still keeping pace. “All of this is stupid. Why couldn’t he just let us stay there for a bit. At least long enough to bring her back around. And why’d you let him chase us out?”
“I didn’t let him chase us out.” Yuuka responded calmly. “Arguing with him probably would have gotten us somewhere, but....” She added on that last word quickly, before Clownpiece got a chance to pipe up and argue. “Let’s not get on the bad side of the locals just yet.”
“Okay...” The hell fairy grumbled, turning herself back over and eyeing the forest below as they passed over. A dense canopy of trees extended out as far as the eye could see. She had expected as much, out here in the middle of nowhere, but still, seeing such endless foliage was a disappointment. Finding some sort of break or clearing somewhere was almost necessary. She and plant life didn’t really mix that well.
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately given the time it took, Clownpiece eventually spotted a small clearing. About a forty minute flight out from the village, at Yuuka’s speed, was a hill, large in diameter, but not raised all that high above the surrounding earth. It was perhaps the perfect spot for her to set down. A few trees dotted it, but it was free from dense woodland surrounding it. Plus with it being raised up and all, fire wouldn’t spread so easily. Both spirits touched down onto the clearing gently, taking a few steps forward as they ground to a halt, and used a moment to take in their surroundings. Forest grass rustled beneath the hell fairies feet as she slowly made her way up the gentle slope. All she could really comment on it was that it was very green, very light, and most importantly, very open.
“I think here works,” Clownpiece called out as she crested the hill, turning to see what Yuuka thought. The flower youkai was, unsurprisingly, engrossed by some smaller forest flowers. She crouched down by a patch near one of the trees, and though she couldn’t hear it from here, she thought she heard the youkai saying something to them. Well that was fine. She’d already made up her mind anyway.
Now she just needed an idea for what exactly she wanted to live in, which came easily enough. If she wanted to use this as sort of a base of operations, somewhere she could return to and recover, or just because she felt homesick or whatnot, then she’d want somewhere comfortable. Luna’s words came back to her, “Fairies can only live in places that match who they are.” So if she was matched to under a shrine, and she wanted somewhere familiar to lay her head every now and then, then there was really only one option. It couldn’t be helped. With an arrogant smile on her face, Clownpiece sat down, held her hands out in front of her, and concentrated.
---
“Alright!” With her handiwork complete, the hell fairy leapt to her feet and cheered, pumping both fists into the air. Making it had taken one hell of a grueling hour. She had to devote her entire concentration to making it, unable to even think about anything entertaining, lest it disrupt her concentration. And yet in spite of that torturous boredom, she had managed to to complete it. Just in front of her, right at the top of this small hill and surrounded by woodland, stood the Hakurei Shrine, in all its worn out and cramped glory.
“Well, you have an... interesting taste in housing,” Yuuka spoke up from just a few steps behind. She’d heard the youkai shuffling around in the background, probably doing something to entertain herself while she waited, but the fairy had been too focused to know what she did. “Does it come with a shrine maiden to pester?” She joked, stepping up to the entrance.
“Of course not!” Clownpiece stated, already hopping up the steps. “I was only summoning the shrine.” One of the doors slid aside with a clatter, thrown open energetically by the hell child. “I’m home!” She called into the supposedly empty shrine as a sort of rite of passage, affirming that yes, now she had a place to call home in this new world.
“You don’t have to be so loud about it!” An all too familiar voice called right back, filled with annoyance at the fairy’s energy. Clownpiece immediately faltered, one foot catching on the other as she simultaneously tried to take another step forward and stop walking. With a surprise squeak, she tumbled to the ground, forehead bouncing off the floor with a solid thud. From somewhere behind her, the hell fairy thought she heard Yuuka suppressing a laugh.
“R-Reimu?” Clownpiece started, stammering as she lifted her head from the ground, propping herself up on her elbows and rubbing the new bruise on her head. “W-why are you here?”
“Why wouldn’t I be here?” The red and white clad shrine maiden retorted, turning away from the spot she was sweeping to face the duo. “The better question is what are you doing coming through the front? You lose track of your home?” She asked, her eyes flicking between the prone form of Clownpiece, slowly pushing back to her feet, and Yuuka, who stood just inside the doorway, still carrying the unconscious fairy. “Oh, hey Yuuka...” She started, trailing off as she noticed just how beat up the three of them looked. “What happened to you guys?”
“You’re a doctor, aren’t you? Isn’t there something you can do?” The brightly clad child piped up, and accusatory tone in her voice. She stepped up close to the doctor’s table, planting her hands on the edge and raising herself just a few inches taller. Not enough to bring her eye to eye with the medicine man, or really anyone, but at least enough to catch his attention.
“Er... l-like I said,” he tripped over his words, trying to keep both pushy primes appeased while he denied them. “I only have... experience... w-with humans. Besides...” he cast a nervous glance down to the fairy lying unconscious on his table. “This isn’t uh, like an...” his gaze lifted back up to meet Clownpiece’s as he searched for the word to use. “Illness, or anything. I-it looks more like she’s very... injured.... The most I could do is... set any broken bones she may have. Otherwisssssse,” he hung up on that word for a second. “We’d mostly be waiting for her body to heal naturally. If she were human....” The doctor cast another glance down to her, lifting one arm towards her hesitantly. As if he wanted to check out how far the injuries went, but was too afraid of breaking her more. After a moment, he simply gave up, resting it on the table and leaning against it. “If she were human, I would probably tell you that her chances of uh...-” Sensing where that sentence was leading, Yuuka cut him with an intense gaze. “Er...” he coughed nervously. “S-She’s not... human though. I couldn’t tell you how long it’d take her to heal naturally.”
“So you can’t do anything, then?” Clownpiece said with a frown.
“No, I-I can’t do anything on my own,” he hesitantly admitted, quickly leaning into the follow-up. “But... Are you uh... are you two primes?”
“I am,” the hell fairy answered without hesitation, staring intently at the doctor.
“Thennn... you should be able to do something....” he said. “Primes, they uh... they can make things with omnilium.... Or they can fix things, or people.”
“They can?” Clownpiece cocked her head to the side.
“Yeah.... Just find yourself a place to... hole up. You should be able to have her patched up right as rain in a few hours....” Another quick glance down. “Or days....”
“Okay...” she pursed her lips, staring him down with an unsatisfied expression. “Do you at least have a room here I could use?”
“Oh um... No...?” The doctor almost seemed unsure of his own answer. “Er... I-If someone were to fall ill then I’d need a place to... keep them over...night. P-plus the illness could spread and that’s the last thing that she’d need in her state and all-in-all it’s best if you find your own place to uh... settle down.” Once his long-winded ramble was finished, he took in a deep breath, and simply stared anxiously at Clownpiece, who still held the same unconvinced expression. She opened her mouth to respond, but before she could get anything out, Yuuka stopped her, gently setting a hand on her shoulder.
“Well I suppose nothing can be done about that,” the flower youkai said in a cool, even tone, stepping forward and scooping the unconscious fairy off the table.
“But-” Clownpiece began to protest, turning to face her.
“You heard the doctor,” she said more forcefully, casually strolling towards the exit without a wasted moment. “There’s nothing he can do.” She emphasized every single word in that parting sentence, voice laced with a subtle venom.
“Hmm... fine...” The hell fairy responded, dissatisfied, and followed after her.
---
“So I’m just supposed to hole myself up until she’s better?” The short silence that had fallen between the two after their escape from the doctor’s was finally broken by Clownpiece. A dense, temperate forest passed by beneath them as they slowly flew away from the village, matching the fastest pace Yuuka could manage. Various deciduous trees, and even a few coniferous blended together in a vague, green mash.
“Seems like it,” her green-haired friend answered simply.
“That’s stupid,” the fairy complained childishly, turning herself over in the air to face the flower youkai, but still keeping pace. “All of this is stupid. Why couldn’t he just let us stay there for a bit. At least long enough to bring her back around. And why’d you let him chase us out?”
“I didn’t let him chase us out.” Yuuka responded calmly. “Arguing with him probably would have gotten us somewhere, but....” She added on that last word quickly, before Clownpiece got a chance to pipe up and argue. “Let’s not get on the bad side of the locals just yet.”
“Okay...” The hell fairy grumbled, turning herself back over and eyeing the forest below as they passed over. A dense canopy of trees extended out as far as the eye could see. She had expected as much, out here in the middle of nowhere, but still, seeing such endless foliage was a disappointment. Finding some sort of break or clearing somewhere was almost necessary. She and plant life didn’t really mix that well.
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately given the time it took, Clownpiece eventually spotted a small clearing. About a forty minute flight out from the village, at Yuuka’s speed, was a hill, large in diameter, but not raised all that high above the surrounding earth. It was perhaps the perfect spot for her to set down. A few trees dotted it, but it was free from dense woodland surrounding it. Plus with it being raised up and all, fire wouldn’t spread so easily. Both spirits touched down onto the clearing gently, taking a few steps forward as they ground to a halt, and used a moment to take in their surroundings. Forest grass rustled beneath the hell fairies feet as she slowly made her way up the gentle slope. All she could really comment on it was that it was very green, very light, and most importantly, very open.
“I think here works,” Clownpiece called out as she crested the hill, turning to see what Yuuka thought. The flower youkai was, unsurprisingly, engrossed by some smaller forest flowers. She crouched down by a patch near one of the trees, and though she couldn’t hear it from here, she thought she heard the youkai saying something to them. Well that was fine. She’d already made up her mind anyway.
Now she just needed an idea for what exactly she wanted to live in, which came easily enough. If she wanted to use this as sort of a base of operations, somewhere she could return to and recover, or just because she felt homesick or whatnot, then she’d want somewhere comfortable. Luna’s words came back to her, “Fairies can only live in places that match who they are.” So if she was matched to under a shrine, and she wanted somewhere familiar to lay her head every now and then, then there was really only one option. It couldn’t be helped. With an arrogant smile on her face, Clownpiece sat down, held her hands out in front of her, and concentrated.
---
“Alright!” With her handiwork complete, the hell fairy leapt to her feet and cheered, pumping both fists into the air. Making it had taken one hell of a grueling hour. She had to devote her entire concentration to making it, unable to even think about anything entertaining, lest it disrupt her concentration. And yet in spite of that torturous boredom, she had managed to to complete it. Just in front of her, right at the top of this small hill and surrounded by woodland, stood the Hakurei Shrine, in all its worn out and cramped glory.
“Well, you have an... interesting taste in housing,” Yuuka spoke up from just a few steps behind. She’d heard the youkai shuffling around in the background, probably doing something to entertain herself while she waited, but the fairy had been too focused to know what she did. “Does it come with a shrine maiden to pester?” She joked, stepping up to the entrance.
“Of course not!” Clownpiece stated, already hopping up the steps. “I was only summoning the shrine.” One of the doors slid aside with a clatter, thrown open energetically by the hell child. “I’m home!” She called into the supposedly empty shrine as a sort of rite of passage, affirming that yes, now she had a place to call home in this new world.
“You don’t have to be so loud about it!” An all too familiar voice called right back, filled with annoyance at the fairy’s energy. Clownpiece immediately faltered, one foot catching on the other as she simultaneously tried to take another step forward and stop walking. With a surprise squeak, she tumbled to the ground, forehead bouncing off the floor with a solid thud. From somewhere behind her, the hell fairy thought she heard Yuuka suppressing a laugh.
“R-Reimu?” Clownpiece started, stammering as she lifted her head from the ground, propping herself up on her elbows and rubbing the new bruise on her head. “W-why are you here?”
“Why wouldn’t I be here?” The red and white clad shrine maiden retorted, turning away from the spot she was sweeping to face the duo. “The better question is what are you doing coming through the front? You lose track of your home?” She asked, her eyes flicking between the prone form of Clownpiece, slowly pushing back to her feet, and Yuuka, who stood just inside the doorway, still carrying the unconscious fairy. “Oh, hey Yuuka...” She started, trailing off as she noticed just how beat up the three of them looked. “What happened to you guys?”
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Yuuka Kazami Wrote:Reimu comes back to make another pass at Meira and she just has an idiot neck child.
Credit to Yuuka for the sig